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King's College: A Witch Hunt: Germany 1628 InteractiveKing's College: A Witch Hunt: Germany 1628 Interactive
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King's College: A Witch Hunt: Germany 1628

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A witch hunt simulation that is based on events from the seventeenth century Roman Empire, and set in Germany in 1628. The participant makes choices after reading the text at each step along the way. At the end of the simulation, there are discussion questions and information about witch hunts.

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witches

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witch hunt simulation, witch trials, witchcraft

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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